1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Somali Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Galatoomi
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Nagayattii buli
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Akkam waarite
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
naa dhiisi
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Nagayattii!
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Sin jaaladha
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
66,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
13,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
24.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology